Facilities
Wolfson Children's Hospital
Wolfson Children's Hospital exemplifies the cooperation between the University of Florida, Nemours Children's Clinic, Shands Jacksonville and the private pediatric community. Each institution contributes its strengths to make the Children's Hospital a center of excellence for child health care and pediatric research and education.
Wolfson Children's Hospital consists of 180 pediatric beds, there are 20 pediatric intensive care unit beds and 24 intermediate care beds. The hospital also houses an oncology unit, a bone marrow transplant unit, a neuro-diagnostic unit, which has 24-hour EEG capacity, a state-of-the art cardiac catheterization laboratory and a medical imaging department, which includes radiology, ultrasound, computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The hospital was placed 16th on "Child Magazine's" best children's hospital survey.
The Wolfson Children's Hospital provides technologically advanced, family-centered inpatient care in a smoothly functioning, supportive facility. Its design and layout de-emphasizes typical hospital-like features, which some children and parents may find threatening. There is a conference room and a consultation room on each floor. There are two private on-call rooms with private baths on each patient floor. Wolfson Children's Hospital embodies our community's commitment to children's health and to pediatric education and research.
Shands Jacksonville
Shands Jacksonville is a 696-bed private, not-for-profit medical, teaching and research facility serving Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
As an innovator in health care, Shands Jacksonville provides state-of-the-art services. These include a regional pediatric trauma center, regional level III neonatal intensive care unit, developmental evaluation program and the stabilization unit for children requiring inpatient psychiatric care. This hospital is also the first in Florida and one of the few in the nation to have a state-of-the-art proton beam cancer treatment facility on its campus.
Shands Jacksonville has become one of the finest teaching hospitals in the Southeast, due largely to the affiliation with the University of Florida Health Science Center. This affiliation has served to further develop the 20 UF medical residency programs offered at Shands Jacksonville, which is also home to comprehensive patient education programs in management of acute and chronic illnesses.
Shands Jacksonville's greatest achievement is the successful integration of patient care, education and research with the medical services of the University of Florida. With about 3,400 employees to service the health needs of the region, Shands Jacksonville meets its commitment to excellence in medical education and quality medical care to everyone.
Nemours Children's Clinic
Nemours Children's Clinic is a pediatric multispecialty center affiliated with Mayo Medical School. The clinic provides outpatient subspecialty care for children. It is the only privately funded, independent outpatient clinic devoted to serving children in the world. The staff consists of more than 60 doctors and their support staff. The medical subspecialties include genetics, behavioral pediatrics, pulmonology, allergy, immunology, gastroenterology and nutrition, endocrinology, metabolism, neurology, infectious disease and hematology/oncology. Surgical subspecialties include general surgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology, urology, ophthalmology and anesthesiology. Outpatient services include physical and occupational therapy, outpatient pharmacy, day medicine facility and pediatric home health. Pediatric radiologists provide a full complement of diagnostic modalities for both in- and outpatient evaluations.
The clinic is funded by the Nemours Foundation. Its mission is to service the medical needs of the children of Florida. Residents can expect a full range of experiences in the outpatient clinics, as well as consultation on inpatients at the Wolfson Children's Hospital, adjacent to the clinic. Research is an important component of Nemours, and residents may find exciting opportunities to fit their interests. A pediatric medical library is also available onsite. The breadth of experience available at Nemours can provide important lessons for the future practice of pediatric medicine and surgery.